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Nasty guy in CIA took one of the order of Hemiptera (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cicada

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'took one of the order of hemiptera' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'nasty guy in cia' is the wordplay.
'nasty guy' becomes 'cad' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'cad' put into 'cia' is 'CICADA'.

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(Other definitions for cicada that I've seen before include "jumpy creature" , "crawler" , "Droning bug" , "Flier" , "Bug sounding at night" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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